Outlook Express Spell Check feature

[Mark]

I recently purchased and loaded Windows XP Home edition.
The Spell check feature on Outlook Expess is not
available. How do I aquire it?

 

[Joe727]

You need to install Microsoft Word or MS Office or you can use this:

Here's a free program - Mail Utilities | Spell Checker for OE 2.1 - It
works great.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

Joe

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Outlook Express, as you've discovered, has no spell-checking
capabilities of its own. Instead, it relies upon the presence of
other Microsoft applications, such as the Office Suite, Word, or the
Works _Suite_ (which includes Word, not the regular Works). There are
also some 3rd-party shareware/freeware solutions available at any of
the many shareware sites on the Internet

Spell Magic seems well thought-of, though I haven't tried it myself:
http://www.alcodasoftware.com/spell-magic.htm.


Bruce Chambers

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[Ken Blake]

I recently purchased and loaded Windows XP Home edition.
The Spell check feature on Outlook Expess is not
available. How do I aquire it?

Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever
come with a Spell Checking facility. Outlook Express uses the
spell checker that comes with Microsoft Word, (or another
Microsoft Office program) if you have it installed.
If you don't have Word or Office installed, you probably don't
have a spell checker. However there are several downloadable
freeware/shareware alternative spell checkers that work with
Outlook Express and Outlook. Since I have no personal experience
with any of these, I'll wait and let someone else recommend one.